ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Bundle (ONTAP 9.6)

Course Objectives

Course Outline

ONTAP Cluster Administration

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

• ONTAP deployment options
• The cluster
• SVMs
• ONTAP select learning resources
• NetApp cloud volumes learning resources

Module 2: Cluster Setup

• Supported FAS and AFF configurations
• Cluster setup
• Administration interfaces
• OnCommand System Manager: Guided cluster setup

Module 3: Cluster Management

• Manage access control
• Cluster node date and time
• ONTAP software licenses
• Manage jobs and schedules

Module 4: Network Management

• NetApp ONTAP Network Review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Routing management
• Failover group commands
• Routing management commands
• BGP and VIP LIFs

Module 5: Physical Storage Management

• Drives, RAID and aggregates
• Advanced drive portioning
• Flash cache and flash pool features
• FabricPool aggregates
• FabricPool in OnCommand System Manager

Module 6: Logical Storage Management

• Flexible volumes
• Provisioning storage resources
• Moving storage resources
• FlexGroup and FlexCache volumes
• Autobalance aggregate

Module 7: Data Access

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• NVMe and NVMe/FC

Module 8: Data Protection

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Backup and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Secure purge and secure boot

Module 9: Storage Efficiency

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Volume and file clones
• Inline deduplication status
• Inline data compaction

Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

• Data collection, monitoring and automation tools
• Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
• Upgrading your cluster
• Performance recommended practices
• Technical support
• Documentation
• ONTAP software upgrades

Module 11: Course Review

Labs:

• Exploring ONTAP Management UIs
• Managing ONTAP clusters and administrators
• Managing physical and logical network resources
• Managing virtual network resources
• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC and creating a flash pool
• Managing data volumes
• Configuring NAS protocols in an SVM
• Configuring iSCSI in an SVM
• Managing Snapshot copies
• Encrypting a volume
• Managing storage efficiency
• Managing FlexClone volumes
• Bonus Exercise: creating a FlexGroup volume
• Installing and configuring Config Advisor

ONTAP Data Protection

Module 1: ONTAP Integrated Data Protection

• ONTAP Data Protection Solutions
• Data protection management solutions
• Managing and monitoring tool

Module 2: SyncMirror Software

• SyncMirror software for high availability
• Mirrored aggregates
• SyncMirror plex failure

Module 3: ONTAP Mirroring Fundamentals

• Components of a mirror relationship
• Configuration guidelines for intercluster SanpMirror software
• Cluster and firewall requirements
• DPO systems
• FabricPool
• Cluster and SVM Peering

Module 4: SnapMirror Software

• Creating and initializing the SnapMirror relationship
• Disaster recovery using SnapMirror software
• SnapMirror and ONTAP feature interaction

Module 5: Storage Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery

• Replicating configurations in SVM disaster recovery
• SVM initial data transfer
• SVM disaster-recovery relationship
• Scheduled SVM updates

Module 6: MetroCluster Configuration

• Fundamentals
• Operations

Module 7: SnapVault Software

• Implementing a SnapVault relationship
• Using SnapVault software to restore data

Module 8: NDMP and Tape Backup

• NDMP fundamentals
• NDMP management

Module 9: Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Data Availability Services

• NetApp cloud volumes ONTAP
• NetApp data availability services

Module 10: SnapCenter and Third-Party Management Software

• NetApp SnapCenter software
• Integration with third-party management software

Module 11: Course Review

Labs:

• Configuring a load-sharing mirror relationship
• Configuring cluster peering and SVM peering
• Using SnapMirror software to mirror FlexVol volumes
• Performing SnapMirror disaster recovery
• Configuring a SnapMirror synchronous relationship
• Using FlexClone technology to clone a SnapMirror volume
• Configuring storage virtual machine disaster recovery
• Configuring the SnapVault relationship
• Using SnapVault to restore data